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Strong H6160H6160Kעֲרָבָה

(Sea of) the Arabah

One of the 6 senses of Strong H6160

Transliteration
‛ărâbâh
Pronunciation
ar-aw-baw'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

The Salt Sea, also known as the Sea of Arabah, is another name for the Dead Sea, located at the lowest point on Earth (Gen. 14:3; Num. 34:3, 12; Deut. 3:17; Josh. 3:16; 12:3; 15:2, 5; 18:19; Deut. 4:49; 2 Ki. 14:25).

General definition

From H6150 (in the sense of sterility); a desert; especially (with the article prefixed) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea: - {Arabah} {champaign} {desert} {evening} {heaven} {plain} wilderness. See also H1026 .

In the biblical story

Salt Sea

Another name for the Dead Sea

The Salt Sea, also known as the Sea of Arabah, is another name for the Dead Sea, located at the lowest point on Earth (Gen. 14:3; Num. 34:3, 12; Deut. 3:17; Josh. 3:16; 12:3; 15:2, 5; 18:19; Deut. 4:49; 2 Ki. 14:25).

In the Bible

Strong H6160K appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • plain2

First verses

  1. Joshua 3:16
    That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
  2. 2 Kings 14:25
    He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath–hepher.
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